Registered charity (CIO) · Tadworth
Merland Rise Church
Merland Rise Church is a registered charity (number 1187784) based in Tadworth, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Richard James Powell since 2017. Latest income £204k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Formerly Known AS Tattenham Corner Evangelical Free Church (Charity Commission)
- 5 trustees
- Income £204k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Religious Activities
- Where
- Surrey
- Website
- www.merlandrisechurch.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£204k£205k
- 2023£220k£260k
- 2022£166k£175k
Earlier years
- 2021£178k£178k
- 2020£133k£110k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:4.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHURCH DOCTRINAL BASIS PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN TADWORTH, TATTENHAM CORNER AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS; AND4.2 TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES, FURTHER THE WORK OF THE CHURCH.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
5 trustees on the board
- Richard James Powell Chair since 2017
- David Thomas since 2023
- Kristian Mark Peter Lane since 2025
- Pradeep Oliver since 2022
- Simon Edward Pain since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Richard James Powell Chair since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Richard James Powell Chair since 2017
- David Thomas since 2023
- Kristian Mark Peter Lane since 2025
- Pradeep Oliver since 2022
- Simon Edward Pain since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1187784
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 06 Feb 2020
- Contact on the register
- 01737362440 · admin@merlandrisechurch.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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